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QS Executive MBA Rankings 2025: 15 of the top 50 schools in Europe; France and UK regional leaders

Oxford (Said), in the UK, maintains its first place in the QS Executive MBA Rankings 2025, published on 30/04/2025. HEC Paris (France) follows in second, climbing from third in 2024, while IESE Business School (Spain) falls to third (2nd in 2024). Four American schools are ranked in the top…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Universities, …
• Article # 396659
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U.S: Resignation of Trump-appointed Director of the National Science Foundation amid budget cuts

Sethuraman Panchanathan, appointed as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) by President Donald Trump in 2020, resigns from his position on 24/04/2025. Brian Stone, the director’s chief of staff, will lead the agency on an interim basis. "I believe I have done all I can to advance…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Funding, …
• Article # 396631
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"A timely call for more and better investment in citizens’ skills and competencies" (EUA)

"This is a timely call for more and better investment in citizens’ skills and competencies, as well as dialogue and collaboration involving all stakeholders relevant to Europe’s skills and education needs", states the EUA in its Response to the European Commission’s Communication on the Union of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , European commission, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 396580
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An alliance of business schools against climate change to face "a challenge that impacts humanity"

"Business schools pride themselves in being relevant, and climate change is a challenge that impacts humanity, so we need to be present", declares David Bach, President of IMD Business School (Switzerland), on 25/04/2025. He is speaking at the Change Now event in Paris (France), centred around…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Executive education, …
• Article # 396338
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 28/04/2025

ASTP-EU, Taso, U15 Canada,... these institutions host events from 28/04/2025. News Tank's agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe's higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to European…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 396439
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GEM: "Opening three new international campuses to help address geopolitical risks" (D. Brown)

"We are looking to bring our students and expertise to the world and to bring the world to our school and the Alps", declares Dana Brown, Dean of International and Corporate Partnerships at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), to News Tank on 24/04/2025. She was appointed to this position at the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Business schools, Strategy
• Article # 396199
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U.S universities organising against Trump's actions; Harvard University suing the administration

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education", declares the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in 'A Call…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 395972
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 21/04/2025

Taso, Inspire Europe, the European Commission,... these institutions host events from 21/04/2025. News Tank's agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe's higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 395747
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Internationalisation: "Essential to maintain and develop bridges when tensions rise" (P. Oster, HEC)

"Our territorial network is already strong: we have links with all the major regions that count in this world. At this stage, we are no longer looking to establish new partnerships on a strictly geographical basis. From now on, I want to build bridges with global institutions that are not just…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 394595
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No-deal in the negotiations between Swissuniversities and the publisher Wiley

The negotiations between Swissuniversities, the Swiss Rectors' Conference, and the publisher Wiley "have not concluded in an acceptable Read & Publish agreement that could satisfy all conditions while meeting Swissuniversities' requirements (prices, contractual terms)", declares EPFL on…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Companies, …
• Article # 395485
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